Monolithic wall



M. 1. GRAHAM.

.MONOLITHIC WALL.

APPLICATION HLED MAY 8, I920.

Patented Feb. 7',

- I aware; 3 Malcolm J. 'GP aham.

H To allwhomit may concern:

UNITED STA E PATENT, osrlcs;

mLcoLn J. emai or BEAUMONT, rmus.

Be it known that I, MALCOLM J. GRAHAM,

acitizen of the United States, and a resident of Beaumont, in the countyof Jefferson and Stateof Texas,have invented certainnew and usefulImprovements in Monollthic Walls, of which the following is aspecification.

My present invention relates generally to concrete wall construction andmore particularly to a monolithic wall, my object being the provision ofa wall construction of simple inexpensive construction in connectionwith which both the inside and outside surfaces may be similarly formedand orna-' mented as desired, as well as one which will be strong anddurable and is capable of easy quick formation.

With these general objects in mind my invention proposes a wallconstruction sue as shown in the accompanying drawing, which illustratesmy invention and forms a part of this specification and in which, I

Figure 1 is a side view, partly broken away and in section, 4

F1gure'2 is a horizontal section therethrough, i

Figure 3 is a detail horizontal section on an enlarged scale, andFigures 4 and 5 are detail perspective views of portions of two forms offurring ach of the frames 11 includes vertical parallel sidemembers13preferably formed of wooden beams, with cross beams 14 rigidly spacingthe same apart, a series of vertical rods or wires 15 being utilized atthe sides, and connected to the cross beams 14:,

to form supports for the o osite walls of the frames, the latter ofw'ich are preferably in the nature of tar or other waterproof aper 16secured along the edges of the si e beams 13 by 'means of furring stri s17.

e furring strips above mentioned are i Specification of Letters Patent.

strips, the former Figure '4 being shown in moivonrrnic WALL.

preferably in the nature of metal strips and areplaced not only for thepurpose of securing the paper walls- 16 upon the frames Patented Feb. 7,19.22. 7 Application mm my a, 1920. Serial no. 379,818.

may be in the form of flanged ribs, the

flanges of which are secured to the frame sides and the ribs of whichhave openings 19 to which the continuous mesh reinforcements 18 may belaced or tied by lacing or t1e wires 20 as seen particularly in-Figure3. On the other hand the furring strips maybe in the corrugated formshown at 21 1n igure 5, the apertures 22 of which serve to receive the'mesh connecting wires such as 20.

It is obvious I p that by virtue of the furring strips the meshremforcements 18 are sospaced from the opposite faces of the frames thatthe concrete is permitted to thoroughly bond and embed the meshreinforcements "and that, extending as it does between the severalframes, the concrete forms continuous vertical studding as at 23 inFigure 2, these portions bein additional reinforced by verticalreinforcing rods 24 located between the several frames and secured bties 25 as in Figure 1 to the mesh rein orcements 18 These'reinforcingrods 24 are of course embedded in the concrete 10', which latter isapplied after the frames 11 have been formed and set in position andafter the mesh reinforcements18 have been applied and connected tothefurring strips. 17 and to the a vertical reinforcing rods 24,'and theplacing of concrete may be accomplished in any suitformed in the wall bythe several frames 11,

with. continuous vertical studding between. the frames. When therequired thickness is, built up, the wall surfaces may be (given any ofthe known concrete finishes an it is obvious that while the concrete isforced into the wall the paper covered faces of the. frames areprevented from collapsing inwardlyby the supporting rods or wires 15.

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In this way it is obvious I provide a wall construction which will belight in weight and simple and'inexpensive in construction and in suchmanner as to permit of ready application and attachmentof the continuousmesh reinforcements and the vertical rod or barv reinforcements 24 ofthe vertical studdings.

I claim:

1. A monolithic wall including laterally spaced and covered framesforming air spaces therein and constituting permanent parts of the wall,continuous reticulat'e reinforcements secured continuously along andspaced from opposite sides of the frames, vertically extendingreinforcing members outwardly beyond and secured to the reticulatereinforcements opposite the spaces be spaces therein and constitutingpermanent parts of the wall, continuous reticulate reinforcementssecured continuously along and spaced from opposite sides'of the frames,vertically extending reinforcing members outwardly beyond and securedtothe reticulate reinforcements opposite the spaces betweenthe frames,each of said frames including rigidly spaced side members andwater-proof covers for its opposite faces,

and furring strips securing the covers to the side members of the frameand to which the reticulate reinforcements are, connected and plasticmaterial between and around the frames and enclosin said reinforcements.

MAL OLM J. GRAHAM.

